Fracas by Elizabeth Fodaski
Fracas by Elizabeth Fodaski, former student, MFA in Creative Writing at The New School.
Krupskaya, 1999
Poetry. Elizabeth Fodaski’s FRACAS grabs attention, then holds, examines, and explodes the attention it attracts. This work is both elegant and playful, sardonic and amused. A din, a brawl, a noisy quarrel. It instructs, implores, and navigates a level of writerly inquiry that’s a joy to encounter … FRACAS rocks —Jessica Grim.
Liz’s poems are very raw. They are the impulse to speak. —Eileen Myles.
let x=o/ we still have too many constants/ see dangle, see ding./ a true strong verb/ Constant; see State./ Consternation; see Stratum./ Conspire; see Spirit./ Conspicuous; see Species./ This is a bust,/ Etymology uncertain (Etymologies).